Get help
If you are experiencing violence at home, please call us. We will advise you on your possibilities and support you on your path to a life free of violence.
If your home is too dangerous, you can find protection in a women’s shelter. If you have a safe place to live but still require counseling, please contact our counseling center.
Women’s Shelters
If your home is too dangerous, you can find protection in a women’s shelter.
Counseling Center
You don’t want to go to a women’s shelter? But you need counseling and support? Then contact our counseling center.
What is violence?
Domestic violence is violence within the family. This means you are experiencing violence from your partner or another family member.
Violence takes many forms. For example:
- You are beaten.
- You are being humiliated, insulted, and shouted at.
- You are not allowed to meet your friends.
- Your phone is being monitored by your partner.
- You are being threatened and are afraid.
Sie haben Angst zu gehen oder Fragen, wie Sie sich am besten vorbereiten können? Ein Leben mit Gewalt zu verlassen erfordert oft viel Mut.
Machen Sie sich einen Plan. Ein Plan kann Ihnen helfen sich vorzubereiten, wie Sie sicher das eigene Zuhause verlassen können. Wichtige Tipps finden Sie in unserem Sicherheitsplan.
Safety plan
If you are experiencing violence and need to leave your home, create a plan. A plan can help you prepare.
Digital safety tips
Are you afraid of being monitored via your mobile phone? We have tips on how you can protect yourself digitally.
What can I do as a relative or friend?
Do not look away. Offer support to the person affected without judging them or pressuring them into anything. You can also seek advice through our counseling center.
This is important:
- Listen.
- Let the person affected know that they are not alone and do not have to endure the violence.
- Find out about support services together.
- You can accompany the person affected to our counseling center or call the emergency hotline together.
- Do not pressure the person affected into taking steps they are not ready for.
- In case of danger, contact the police.
Emergency hotline
If you need urgent information, please call our emergency hotline. You can also contact our emergency hotline together with the person affected.
Counseling Center
At our counseling center, we can provide you with comprehensive advice. You can also visit our counseling center for women with the affected person.